Category Archives: tax law and election law
“Secret Persuasion: How Big Campaign Donors Stay Anonymous”
John Pomerantz on Judicial Watch Claims on Illegal IRS-FEC Coordination
John Pomerantz has written this post to the Election Law Listserv, which I am reprinting with permission:
The facts so far don’t seem to support the allegations by Judicial Watch that the IRS disclosed confidential information about American Future Fund,… Continue reading
“Report: IRS provided conservative groups’ confidential tax information to FEC”
Daily Caller:
A conservative government watchdog says it has obtained emails revealing that the Internal Revenue Service sent conservative groups’ private tax exemption application and tax return information to the Federal Elections Commission, in violation of federal law.
According to… Continue reading
“501(c)(6) Gave Millions to Political Groups, Understated Efforts in Application to IRS”
Bloomberg BNA:
Freedom Partners, a nonprofit organization that raised more than $250 million and provided nearly all of it grants to conservative groups before the 2012 election, told the Internal Revenue Service in an application for tax-exempt status that… Continue reading
“Public Citizen Urges IRS to Investigate Tax Status of Freedom Partners”
Public Citizen press release.
“Exclusive–IRS Offers True The Vote Tax Exempt Status, Files to Dismiss Lawsuit”
Breitbart: “The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has offered election integrity group True The Vote its tax-exempt status in what appears to be a bid to keep the group from proceeding with discovery on its lawsuit against the agency, Breitbart… Continue reading
Lois Lerner Retires from IRS
Politico reports.
A Democratic congressional aide said the IRS was moving toward terminating Lerner after completing an investigation into her role in the targeting controversy.
The IRS found that Lerner mismanaged her department and was “neglectful of duty” but… Continue reading
“New Guidance for 501(c)(4)s on Measuring Primary Activity in the Works, Official Says”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Internal Revenue Service is working on new guidance for Section 501(c)(4) tax-exempt groups relating to the measurement of an organization’s primary activity and whether the organization operates primarily to promote social welfare, a Treasury Department official… Continue reading
“IRS Suspends Examinations Of Exempt Organizations’ Political Activity”
Bloomberg BNA:
All Internal Revenue Service examinations of exempt organizations for possibly engaging in too much political activity are on hold until the agency reviews its processes, Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel said.
The revelation came during a Sept. 18… Continue reading
“IRS list reveals concerns over Tea Party ‘propaganda'”
USA Today:
Newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political groups based on the content of their literature, raising concerns specifically about “anti-Obama rhetoric,” inflammatory language and “emotional” statements made by non-profits seeking tax-exempt status.
The internal 2011 … Continue reading
“New Timeline Outlines History of the IRS Scandal”
CCP: “The Center for Competitive Politics released a timeline today about the events leading up to and surrounding the IRS targeting scandal, in which the Agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny in its review of tax exemption applications. … Continue reading
“‘Citizens’ Ruling Spurred Fears at IRS of Tea-Party Challenge”
WSJ: “Internal Revenue Service officials worried that tea-party groups would challenge tax-code restrictions on political activity in the wake of a 2010 Supreme Court decision on campaign spending, according to recently disclosed emails on the agency’s scrutiny of conservative… Continue reading